Close your eyes and pretend you are leisurely getting ready for the day. Also...insert a screaming Professor who is climbing up your legs as though his life depended on it.
Then imagine you hear THIS sound- oh, and to get the full effect, turn up the volume as loud as possible.
Did you know that is the sound cranes make?
I had no idea! I had to actually look it up in my bird book, which says, "Often heard before seen, they have a very distinctive rattling call." No joke! They wandered around our yard most of the morning, then finally drifted away...very much to our ear's happiness.
Happy Wednesday!
Sandhill cranes! Fun! They must be migrating through your area on their way south.
ReplyDeleteThey are less common through PA, but we have had a pair that have spent a large part of the early summer just down the street in the wetland. We just heard them last week again, so they must be back. I have not been able to catch a video of them though. Great job!
Hanni-I have seen thousands of sandhill cranes at Rowe Sanctuary outside of Minden, Nebraska in March.It is something to see! Wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your blog! Sue
ReplyDeleteI would be so excited if I had them walking around in my garden. I wonder what brought them in. I am sure the sound was obnoxious after a time but how cool!
ReplyDeleteWow cool! Have you seen them in your yard before? I've never heard cranes' call. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHow fun is that?! We see them around here, too--not in our yard though. That is nifty! Hope all is well with you, Hanni! Check out my new quarterly meme "Garden Lessons Learned." It's posted on my blog now. Happy September!
ReplyDeleteI know EXACTLY how you feel. Here in South Africa we have Hadeda birds that are very big and very loud. I love wildlife but at 5am when these little darlings start, I could happily shoot the lot of them!
ReplyDeleteI did not know they made that sound...interesting....and loud.
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